Business Plan for the Small Manufacturer

By Small Business Administration

Book Id: WPLBN0000696326
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.3 MB
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Business Plan for the Small Manufacturer
Author:	Small Business Administration
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Small Business Administration, Small business bulletin, Regulations, codes, and protocols
Collections:	Business References, Small Business Administration Collection
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Publisher:	Small Business Administration


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Description
Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Introduction : a business plan can provide the owner-manager or prospective owner-manager of a small manufacturing firm with a pathway to profit. This publication is designed to help an ownermanager draw up a business plan. In building a pathway to profit you need to consider the following questions: what business am i in? What goods do i sell? Where is my market? Who will buy? Who is my competition? What is my sales strategy? What merchandising methods will i use? How much money is needed to operate my company? How will i get the work done? What management controls are needed? How can they be carried out? When should i revise my plan? Where can i go for help?

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION A Note on Using This Publication 1 What's in This for Me? 1 Why Am I in Business? 1 What Business Am I In? 2 MARKETING Market Area 2 Who Are Your Competitors? 2 How Do You Rate Your Competitors? 3 Advantages over Competitors 3 Distribution 3 Market Trends 4 Share of the Market 4 Sales Volume PRODUCTION Manufacturing Operations 5 Raw Materials 5 Equipment 5 Labor Skills 5